My Boy is Growing Up

I love this kid!  He's my buddy.  Slowly, but surely, however, he is starting to grow up.  Jack just started the 2nd grade.  He is loving school this year.  We'll see if he still has the same enthusiasm after Christmas.

He can read!  Although he doesn't like doing it.  I keep telling myself that I'm going to get a reader out of the four of these kids, but I'm not sure it's going to be Jack :)

Jack is still the most energetic kid in our family, although Will is starting to close in on him.  Jack is a math whiz!  That's good, because I'm not.  Jack has a tender heart and loves to snuggle with his Mom.

Jack rides his bike and scooter everywhere and is always wanting to play with friends.  He spends a lot of time with Nate, James, Landon and Luke.  He likes to play video games and watch Kick Buttowski, Phineas and Ferb and Gravity Falls.  He has already decided that the basement is HIS Man Cave, and he gets upset when you explain that if he's going to make the mess, he needs to be the one to clean it up.

Jack likes to climb on anything he can.  He takes things apart and puts them back together.  He is a big fan of Legos and likes to learn about soldiers and war.  He loves to swim and had so much fun staying with his grandparents this summer while we took the girls to England.

Jack loves to listen to music and definitely has an opinion on what he likes.  His current faves are Radioactive by Imagine Dragons and Safe and Sound by Capital Cities.

At seven, he likes to sleep without a shirt on and wants to get a shark to go in the fish tank his sister gave him.  Jack is enjoying gymnastics and is looking forward to playing basketball this winter.  He is excited to do anything with his friends and is really looking forward to baseball in the spring.  Jack really wants to learn to play the drums; just like his friend Brownie (aka Danny Smith.)

Jack still loves to roam the neighborhood and makes friends with everybody.  He is the bright spot in my day and my protector at night.  When Matt is out of town, he wants to sleep in my bed because he is the "man of the house."

After two girls, I wasn't sure that I'd know what to do with a boy, but I'm so glad I'm getting the chance to learn.  I could be known as Jack's mom for the rest of my life and that'd be okay!